1) From WEST to EAST, the major geographic features of the United States are the a) Rocky Mountains → Great Plains → Mississippi River → Appalachian Mountains b) Great Plains → Mississippi River → Rocky Mountains → Appalachian Mountains c) Rocky Mountains → Great Plains → Appalachian Mountains → Mississippi River d) Mississippi River → Appalachian Mountains → Great Plains → Rocky Mountains 2) Which document is considered a primary source? a) a textbook account of the American Revolution b) a personal diary kept by a person who works in a sweatshop c) an encyclopedia article about the Reconstruction Period d) a biography of the life of John D. Rockefeller 3) Which situation provides the best evidence that the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) adapted to their physical environment? a) living in longhouses made of wood and bark b) speaking a language different from that of their neighbors c) developing an alliance with the Algonquins d) including women in the governing process 4) The buffalo was the primary source of food, shelter, clothing, and tools for Native American Indians of the a) Southeast b) Pacific Coast c) Eastern woodlands d) Great Plains 5) Which action toward Native American Indians did the United States government take between 1820 and 1900? a) paying Native American Indians a fair price for their land b) passing a law giving all Native American Indians United States citizenship c) encouraging Native American Indians to take jobs in factories d) removing Native American Indians from their tribal lands and placing them on reservations 6) Many Americans justified westward expansion during the 1840s based on a) a belief in Manifest Destiny b) a need to preserve the natural environment c) the authority of the Monroe Doctrine d) the constitutional principles in the Bill of Rights 7) During the late 1840s, thousands of people were attracted to California to a) fight in the Mexican War b) help build railroads c) search for gold d) obtain good farmland 8) Which statement is most clearly supported by information on the map? a) Most cattle were driven from east to west. b) Most mining areas were located near coastlines. c) Cattle trails were used to bring herds to market d) . Many railroads connected Mexico and Canada. 9) How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move west? a) It set up reservations for freed African Americans b) It offered 160 acres of land for free to those willing to farm it for 5 years. c) It offered land to gold prospectors d) It promised protection from Native Americans 10) During the late 1800s, barbed wire fences and sod houses were most likely found a) on the Great Plains b) in the deep South c) along the Great Lakes d) in the Pacific Northwest 11) Which conclusion is supported by the information on the graph? a) Canals transport goods faster than railroads b) Building railroads is more expensive than building canals. c) Railroad mileage increased faster than canal mileage. d) Businesses preferred shipping goods by canal. 12) The "trigger" industry that jump started the Industrial Revolution in the United States was a) steel b) oil c) banking d) railroad 13) In the years immediately following the Civil War, which change was brought about by the Industrial Revolution? a) More goods were made at home. b) More people left cities to live on farms c) More government regulation was placed on big business d) More machinery was used to make goods 14) John D. Rockefeller was a leader in which of the following industries? a) oil b) steel c) railroad d) banking 15) According to the law of supply and demand, a high supply with a low demand results in a) lower tariffs b) lower prices c) higher taxes d) higher interest rates 16) One way a business can raise capital is by becoming a a) trust b) corporation c) monopoly d) subsidy 17) One advantage that corporations of the late 1800s had over individually-owned businesses is that corporations a) needed fewer employees b) hired only skilled workers c) received the support of labor unions d) had stockholders who invested money 18) A monopoly exists if a producer has a) control of an entire industry b) competition from other producers c) goods assembled in other countries d) business in related industries 19) A trust exists when two or more companies a) compete with one another b) love each other c) agree not to compete and share a Board of Directors d) try to force each other out of business 20) The purpose of both monopolies and trusts is to increase a) profits b) competition c) interest rates d) workers salaries 21) The part of a business that the public can purchase is called a a) dividend b) share of stock c) monopoly d) trust 22) Which of the following inventions were developed by Thomas Edison? a) typewriter, shaving razor, parking meter b) vacuum cleaner, cash register, zipper c) motion picture projector, phonograph, light bulb d) nylon, machine gun, air brake 23) A major goal of the Sherman Antitrust Act was to a) prevent the formation of business monopolies b) limit imports from foreign nations c) set fair prices for manufactured goods d) protect consumers from dangerous products 24) Which event led to the passage of laws that created safer working conditions? a) Haymarket riot b) Pullman strike c) Triangle Shirtwaist fire d) breakup of the Standard Oil Company 25) Which of the following resulted from the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire? a) Courts recognized the legal rights of workers to strike. b) Several states passed laws protecting factory workers c) Most women working in factories became unions members. d) Labor unions began accepting African Americans and immigrant 26) A strike is when workers a) are locked out of their factories b) refuse to buy a certain product c) walk off of their jobs d) are fired because of their age 27) When people refuse to buy a particular product they are participating in a a) blacklist b) slow down c) lock out d) boycott 28) When labor and management try to negotiate a new contract, they are participating in a) mediation b) collective bargaining c) fact finding d) impasse 29) Neighborhood centers, in poor areas, staffed by professionals and volunteers who offered food, clothing, shelter, and education a) settlement houses b) assimilation houses c) safe houses d) youth centers 30) In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to a) process immigrants arriving from overseas b) defend New York City from attack c) check the safety of imported products d) serve as the first federal prison in New York State 31) A severe shortage of food is called a a) decifit b) recession c) surplus d) famine 32) Most immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s found these types of jobs: a) skilled and high paying b) unskilled and high paying c) skilled and low paying d) unskilled and low paying 33) Sanitation is a concern of a) wealth b) health c) exploration d) development 34) A tenement is a kind of a) farming b) quota c) sanitation d) housing 35) 1890 to 1910, most immigrants from eastern and southern Europe settled in large cities of the eastern us because a) farmland had become very scarce b) factory jobs were available for unskilled workers c) there was much less discrimination in those cities d) they came mainly from large cities in their home countries 36) During the period 1840–1920, from which area did the largest number of immigrants come to the United States? a) Asia b) Canada c) Germany d) Great Britain and  Ireland

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